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Forget branding Mitt Romney as the father of ObamaCare, a flip-flopper, or a champion Etch-a-Sketcher—just call him a conservative, says Bill Clinton. The former president is pushing the current one to adjust his campaign strategy against the likely Republican nominee: Where the Obama team has long knocked Romney for lacking a "core," it should instead be emphasizing his connection to a type of Tea Party thinking, Clinton says. That brand of conservatism is repellant to women, Hispanics, and moderate independents, the former president asserts.

Romney has called himself a "severe conservative"; Clinton—who recently met with David Axelrod and other top Obama aides—says Democrats should hammer that point, rather than allowing him to appear centrist ahead of November, insiders tell Politico. "If you are going to pin a tail on the donkey," says a Democratic strategist, "let’s make it the conservative tail." While some Dems say strategy shouldn't be limited to such attacks, it appears the advice has taken hold: Axelrod recently implied that Romney would bring back Bush-era policies, and Obama aide David Plouffe labeled the former governor "the most conservative nominee that they’ve had (since) Goldwater."

Give them hell President Clinton. You might have had a few blow jobs, but you were a darn good President

brucke

Apr 23, 2012 2:57 PM CDT

Real life isn't compartmentalised to the point where a label says everything you need to know about a politician. But some seem to like the neat, simple attitude of 'goodies vs baddies'. In the midst of this juvenile circus act, there is a desperation for each to slate the other with anything they get their hands on and the complexity of truth is pushed to the side. It is easier to judge according to labels. No reading, no thinking, no reflection. This breeds laziness and that spawns ignorance and stupidity. Yet never has there been a time when people knew so little and yet think themselves so wise in their own conceit.

chezwhat

Apr 23, 2012 2:00 PM CDT

Extreme and dangerous. Representative of corporate America. Anti-family. Right on.